On this episode of Plays Well With Others, Suzanne Sheldon, host of the Board Game Apps segment on The Dice Tower's Board Game Breakfast show, joins me to talk about the various digital versions of popular board games that are available, and whether they'll soon replace traditional physical board games.

I recently sat down with Scott King of the Creators Cast podcast to record a couple of episodes talking about the production of Pair Of Dice Paradise, and the creative process. Both episodes are now available online!

Sometimes I get so excited about a game that I buy not only the base game, but also all its expansions. Then, inevitably, trying to learn the base game and its expansions all at once proves to be too overwhelming, and I have to put the game away and write an angry letter instead.

Any time I talk with Marty Connell, there's a lot of laughs. Between the barbed retorts and connection problems we encountered, we compiled a few outtakes during our interview. Here's a collection of a few of them, in case you'd like to see that sort of thing today.

On this episode of Plays Well With Others, Marty Connell, sports fan and co-host of the Rolling Dice & Taking Names podcast, joins me to talk about the influence of professional sports over the board game industry, and why there's so few hit board games about sports.

Today I showcase The Apprentice board game, brought to us by the truly differently-thinking mind of Donald Trump. Does The Apprentice board game still get us as “fired” up today as it did back in 2004? Let’s find out, on this episode of Thrift Sift!

I’m joined today by a portion of the not-yet-played games in my collection. With so much untouched cardboard accumulating, I began to ponder why we continue acquiring games, increasing our piles of play potential, while so many games go unplayed?

I resolve that I will NOT give in and purchase Imperial Assault. Now, you may find my lack of faith in this game disturbing, but let me tell you why I’m sticking stubbornly to this resolution until I the day I inevitably cave in.

This episode features the completely original idea of sharing my three board gaming New Years resolutions with you. New Years resolutions: the holiday tradition equivalent of sharing slides of your recent tour of a cheese factory.

We’re counting down my Official Top (And Bottom) Three Games of 2014. These are the standouts that I played this year for the first time. And today is the number one standout: my favorite game I played for the first time in 2014.

We’re counting down my Official Top (And Bottom) Three Games of 2014. These are the standouts that I played this year for the first time. Today is (reading from notes)... hoo-boy… my biggest disappointment of 2014.

We’re counting down my Official Top (And Bottom) Three Games of 2014. These are the standouts that I played this year for the first time. We pass the halfway point in this installment, with my second-favorite game that I played for the first time in 2014! What it is? Well, I’ll tell you what it isn’t. It isn’t a game. See, as I worked on this installment, it became more about a game designer that I played for the first time this year. Allow me to explain.

We’re counting down my Official Top (And Bottom) Three Games of 2014. These are the standouts that I played this year for the first time. In this installment, I divulge disappointing game number two...

Hello, Chaz Marler from Pair Of Dice Paradise, and we’ve started counting down my Official Top (And Bottom) Three Games of 2014. These are the standouts that I played this year for the first time. In this installment, I crack the plastic on the Top Games games of the list, with number three!